Winter (part 10): A Soldier's Wife (part 2)

Author: Stephen W. Cote

Do I weep for this winter war?

A reverie - I'll love no more.

What will be of our fairytale romance?

Lived through a broken heart

Survived love torn apart

Our lives litter the floor.

Do we honor promises sealed in a kiss?

Waxy chaff - feelings we sometimes miss.

What's a widow to the world?

Children die in their own wars

Respectable friends lock doors

My life elapsed with his death.

Will these tears damn my soul?

Lucifer laughs - my bones are chilled and old.

Is my husband really dead?

The winter war still runs

The fighting has only begun

All I have are fairytale romances in my head.